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  • Richard III
  • Richard III review by from Sutton Ely Cambs
    Rated - 5 stars Excellent 27 February 2005
    ... could do with a little digital restoration but Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Claire Bloom made renting this movie the bargain of the year for me. Yes th...  
  • Rollerball
  • Rollerball review by from Manchester, Uk
    Rated - 4 stars I liked it. A lot. 26 March 2004
    ...ckdrops and clothes are invariably a pleasure to watch. Hammer Horror staple Ralph Richardson makes a brief guest appearance. He?s very good. Ultimately though, Caan carries...  
  • Khartoum
  • Khartoum review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 28 January 2006
    ...e White Nile. The British government of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (Ralph Richardson) then sends one of its greatest generals, Charles George Gordon (Charlton Hesto...  

Ralph Richardson - filmography


  • Time Bandits on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Sean Connery,  Shelley Duvall
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 10,788 members
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  • Watership Down on DVD (1978)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Richard Briers,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Martin Rosen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel, a family of rabbits face danger as they search for a new home and personal freedom. WATERSHIP DOWN, featuring the vocal talents of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, and others, is a highly regarded family film, but it's not necessarily ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,539 members
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  • Rollerball on DVD (1975)
    Starring: James Caan,  John Houseman,  Maud Adams
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the year 2018, Jonathan E is a superstar of a sport called Rollerball, which is a combination of rugby, roller derby, hockey and motorcycle racing. Rollerball is a sport run by the Energy Corporation, one of many such conglomerates running the planet in a time when countries and individual ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,877 member
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  • Eagle In A Cage (1972)
    Starring: John Gielgud,  Ralph Richardson,  Kenneth Haigh
    Director: Fielder Cook
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Fielder Cook brings an intimacy to his direction of EAGLE IN A CAGE. This underrated film stars Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte, in his years of exile on St. Helena. The story is told from the point of view of the island's governor (John Gielgud), a former schoolteacher who finds greatness ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 2 members
    Due for release on 11th January 2010
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  • Battle Of Britain on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 4,578 members
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  • Battle Of Britain - BLU-RAY Version (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 10 members
    Due for release on 9th November 2009
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  • 300 Spartans on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Richard Egan,  Ralph Richardson,  Diane Baker
    Director: Rudolph Maté
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The small army of Sparta attempts to put off an attack by Persian forces which greatly outnumbered the Spartans. Led by King Leonidis, the Spartans army consisted primarily of a security force who guarded the palace, together they will fight to the finish.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 797 members
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  • Exodus on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  Eva Marie Saint,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on Leon Uris' sweeping novel, "Exodus" is the epic saga of the founding of Israel in the days following World War II. Paul Newman stars as an Israeli resistance fighter, a member of the Hagannah, involved in the effort to bring a group of 600 European Jews from British-blockaded Cyprus into ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 520 members
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  • Richard III on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  John Gielgud,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Laurence Olivier
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Soon after Edward IV is crowned King, his brother, Richard, a hunchback, twisted in mind as well as body, starts scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins Lady Anne and then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later organising his death. But even after his coronation, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 727 members
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  • Sound Barrier on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Ann Todd,  Nigel Patrick
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Directed by David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI), THE SOUND BARRIER charts the life of a fighter pilot who marries into a wealthy family; a family that are developing technology in order to break the sound barrier.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 53 members
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  • Anna Karenina on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Ralph Richardson,  Kieron Moore
    Director: Julien Duvivier
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Vivien Leigh stars as Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's enduring tragic heroine. Anna leaves her socialite husband behind for a more exciting military officer. In search of a meaningful relationship as well as an exciting and more adventurous life, Anna goes through a string of emotions when she becomes the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 227 members
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  • The Day Will Dawn on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Hugh Williams,  Griffith Jones,  Deborah Kerr
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This exciting British wartime film celebrates the heroism of the Norwegian resistance movement in fighting Nazi invaders. With a distinguished cast and a script by TERENCE RATTIGAN, "The Day Will Dawn" is the story of a British foreign correspondent sent to report on U-boat attacks against ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 6 members
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  • Q Planes on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Ralph Richardson,  Valerie Hobson
    Director: Tim Whelan,  Arthur B. Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British aeroplanes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 18 members
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  • Things To Come (1936)
    Starring: Raymond Massey,  Ralph Richardson,  Ann Todd
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A visually sweeping sci-fi classic full of futuristic vistas and modern cityscapes, based on the story by H.G. Wells and written for the screen by Wells. Beginning before World War II and travelling to 2036 AD, this journey predicts a host of modernities before following a rocketship to the moon. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 433 members
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  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Joan Gardner,  Roland Young
    Director: Lothar Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A group of celestial beings decide to bestow magical powers on a mild mannered draper's assistant, with comical results.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 76 members
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  • Richard III to Watch Now (1955)
    Starring: Cedric Hardwicke,  Laurence Olivier,  Nicholas Hannen
    Director: Laurence Olivier
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 161 minutes
    Laurence Olivier takes the lead role in Shakespeare’s Richard III for which he won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar®. The film, now fully restored in High Definition, also won a BAFTA for Best Film and Best British Film. The cast includes Sir John Gielgud (Arthur; Shine), Sir Ralph ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 6 members
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  • Q Planes to Watch Now (1939)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Ralph Richardson,  Valerie Hobson
    Director: Tim Whelan,  Arthur B. Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 79 minutes
    Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British aeroplanes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who ..read more »
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  • Things to Come to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Raymond Massey,  Edward Chapman,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: William Cameron Menzies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primative localized communities. In ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5 members
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  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Ralph Richardson,  Joan Gardner,  Roland Young
    Director: Lothar Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. After being thrown out of a bar for what is thought to be a trick, he tests his powers and eventually sends a policeman to Hades by accident. Worried, he sends the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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Ralph Richardson facts

5 most recent films

Wagner - Movie - 3.0 stars
Invitation To The Wedding - 2.0 stars
Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes - 3.5 stars
Time Bandits - 3.5 stars
Time Bandits - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battle Of Britain - 3.5 stars
Sound Barrier - 3.5 stars
The Heiress - 3.5 stars
O Lucky Man! - 3.5 stars
Time Bandits - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Eagle In A Cage - 1.0 stars
The Return Of Bulldog Drummond - 2.0 stars
Bed Sitting Room, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
The Lion Has Wings - 2.5 stars
The Holly And The Ivy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Laurence Olivier - 9 times - show films
Ian Holm - 7 times - show films
John Gielgud - 6 times - show films
Katherine Helmond - 4 times - show films
Tony Jay - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Terry Gilliam - 4 times - show films
Zoltan Korda - 2 times - show films
Guy Hamilton - 2 times - show films
Lothar Mendes - 2 times - show films
Arthur B. Woods - 2 times - show films